Quit Saying JSX Exploits A Loophole Just Because They Offer Passengers A Better Product

by Gary Leff

Mar 02 2024

A ‘loophole’ is something that is expressly legal until it’s used in a way we dislike – or in this case, something that airline competitors and unions don’t like. The common connotation of loophole is some sort of mistake or drafting accident that’s being exploited.

However what JSX and others do by operating charter flights under FAA part 135, and selling individual seats on those flights under Part 380, is not actually a loophole. The linkage between parts 135 and 380 in regulations is actually intentional.

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Rumor: American Airlines Adding Seattle Flight Attendant Base

by Gary Leff

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Mar 02 2024

American had planned to fly Seattle to Bangalore and to Shanghai. Neither flight materialized. American isn’t even flying Seattle – London this winter. They aren’t operating long haul at all from Seattle. So it’s been a question mark whether Seattle would actually be a long haul city for American at all – whether their ‘L.A. replacement’ wasn’t one after all, and the airline would just shrink in the Pacific.

So I was surprised by the rumor – not necessarily endorsed – that aviation watchdog JonNYC passes along about the airline adding a flight attendant base in Seattle.

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Delta Pilot Yanks And Kicks Lavatory Door, Trying To Rescue Passenger Trapped Inside For 35 Minutes

by Gary Leff

Mar 01 2024

A Delta Air Lines passenger got stuck in the lavatory for 35 minutes on a flight from Salt Lake City to New Orleans recently, as flight attendants and a pilot struggle mightily to free him.

Lavatory man’s wife and two toddlers were waiting for him to return to his seat. She began to wonder what happened after five minutes. After ten minutes, their four year old became impatient for daddy. She overheard a flight attendant talking about a passenger being “stuck.”

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United Airlines Crew Closes Down The Lavatory, “This Is For Pilots Only”

by Gary Leff

Mar 01 2024

This took place on a flight from Washington Dulles to Munich this week on board a Boeing 767-400, which has 34 business class seats and just two lavatories in that cabin. Business class passengers were limited to using a single lavatory during the flight, as one of the bathrooms was locked by the pilot during the flight while a line of passengers were waiting to use it.

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Hyatt’s Gamble: Can the $350 Million Rio Renovation Revive Its Vegas Fortunes

by Gary Leff

Mar 01 2024

Three years ago Hyatt announced that the all-suite Brazilian-themed Rio hotel would be renovated and become multiple brands as part of the chain – with Hyatt Regency to be the first and largest (1,500 of the Rio’s 2,500 rooms) – set to open in 2023.

They didn’t quite make that goal. However, as of today Rio Hotel & Casino is participating in World of Hyatt.

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